ANNUAL REPORT TO PARENTS - Y Pant School

For three weeks during the month of August, Y Pant played host to a freeholiday play scheme for young people in the age range of 8-14 years. Theprovision was run from 9.00am – 4.00pm every day. Additional funding wasprovided through the Fframwaith framework designed to support holidayprovision throughout Rhondda Cynon Taff. It was decided that part of thefunding would be used to employ Introsport, a company known to manyschools and partners throughout the Local Authority area. Introsport, as thename suggests, offers sporting opportunities for young people. The youngpeople booked into the activities and could attend on individual days or forthe whole week.During the planning stages it was decided that the E3 staff and the ClusterWorker would run the Art and Craft sessions and that Introsport wouldsupport the sport activities. Funding for the Art and Craft was paid primarilyfrom the E3 budget for materials to enable the sessions to be interesting andfun but also to provide quality provision.Attendance was based upon young people attending on individual days orbeing booked in for the whole of the 3 weeks. Around 50-65 young peopleattended every day for the three week period. All had the choice of attendingthe sporting activities or the art and craft sessions. Attendance seemed to beevenly split between both activities but the sport was predominately attendedby more boys. The Art and Craft sessions consisted of clay modelling,portrait painting, card and mask making, marble art and t-shirt design.Evaluations showed that both activities were enjoyed by all. The benefits toyoung people attending provided opportunities for Year 6 pupils starting at YPant in the new term to familiarise themselves with the school, E3 staff andmake new friends thus aiding the transition process.YPF’09 was held at the school on the 10 th July 2009 to promote thecontinued success of the E3+ scheme and music department. The concertwas held outdoors in the school grounds with a specially-erected stage. Itwas a fabulous opportunity to showcase the tremendous talent that has beennurtured and developed at the school throughout the past year, together withperformances from young people who have participated in various activitieson the school’s E3+ programme. Over a 100 young people participated inthe event with acts ranging from rock bands, solo artist, drum group, breakdancing and many more.25